Progress Play Casinos
What is a Progress Play casino?
Progress Play is a casino content provider that has been in business since 2012. They offer a white label gaming platform which has enabled a large number of smaller operators to open fully featured online casinos with the licence held by Progress Play themselves in both the UK and Malta.
The Progress Play platform works on both mobile and desktop devices and was one of the first to do so. Progress Play casinos have slots from a large number of different providers including smaller operations such as Rabcat, Thunderkick, Elk Studios and Big Time Gaming as well as the ubiquitous NetEnt, Microgaming and Scientific Games.
In 2023, Progress Play began working with even more game providers and notable additions to the lineup during this period were Playtech and Pragmatic Play. At the same time, a new version of the lobby was introduced (about time as it hadn’t changed much in years!) and older Progress Play casinos are gradually being switched over; the process was completed during 2024.
Many Progress Play casinos also have a sportsbook and these have proved very popular with players.
Are Progress Play casinos all the same?
Although Progress Play casinos are basically skins, they are certainly not all the same. They don’t all have the same welcome offer, for a start – some focus on a straightforward deposit bonus and some include bonus spins. A few Progress Play casinos actually change their welcome offers from month to month, offering bonus spins on whatever’s hot.
What do Progress Play casinos do well?
If you enjoy bonus spins offers Progress Play casinos have a great deal to offer. Examples of some of the regular network promotions they have run are:
- Monday Madness – a deposit bonus code sent by email
- Wednesday Wildfire – bonus spins sent to selected players via email
- Weekly Surprise – mystery login bonus for selected players (to be eligible they had to have made a deposit in the last 14 days and played in the last 8 days)
- Happy Hour – a bonus spins deposit code that could be used up to 10 times each Sunday
- Games of the Week – a set of deposit codes for bonus spins on the slots of the week
Progress Play also run one off promotions and apart from the occasional leaderboard, prize draw or cashback promotion these mostly centre on – you guessed it – bonus spins. The Progress Play casinos that also have sportsbooks have promotions themed on different types of sports.
What else do I need to know?
Although Progress Play casinos feature a lot of deposit bonus and bonus spins offers, the standard network wagering on the bonus spin winnings is rather high at 50x, the expiry time is rather short at 7 days, and in some cases bonus spin winnings are restricted to £20.
The terms of the deposit bonus, on the other hand, are relatively attractive – the time limit is 30 days (not as good as the 90 days it once was though) and the wagering requirement is also 50x – but this only applies to the bonus, not to any associated deposit, and will therefore be less onerous than a 30x wagering requirement that applies to the deposit as well (as seen elsewhere).
A Progress Play bonus can be used on most games, with slots contributing at 100% to the wagering requirement (table games are 10% and video poker games 5%). There’s a list of excluded games but it’s quite short. There is one specific restriction on bonus play – single bets (e.g. slot spins) must be less than £5 in value, or 5% of the bonus if that is smaller (£2, and 2% for deposits made via Neteller or Skrill).
Do be aware though that there is a 3x max conversion on all bonuses (and £20 for spins offers).
Another thing to be aware of is that in the case of slot games whose Return To Player is configured by the casino from a range of possible values, Progress Play’s selected values are towards the stingy end (though by no means the worst out there). For example, the RTP of Book of Dead when played at a Progress Play casino is just 91.25%. You can check all of their Return to Player settings in the Game Payouts document which is linked from the footer of the casino home page.
